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OHESTINA A. PALMER, OF PIERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

EASEL FOR DECORATING POTTERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 230,432, dated July 27, 1880.

Application filed April 15,1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTINA A. PALMER, of Piermont, in the county of Grafton and State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and Improved Easel for Decorating Pottery,

'&c., of which the following is a specification.

This is a stand to be used to support and hold firmly at any desired an gle or height cups, plates, placques, 850., while being decorated or painted. A rest for the hand or wrist is also provided.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of my stand in position to hold a cup (shown in broken lines) to be decorated. Fig. 2 is afront elevation, with the device for holding the cup removed and a device for holding a plate applied.

a is a wooden base, to which is secured the plate 7), into which is screwed the post 0. (Jonnected by a joint or hinge, c, with the post 0 is the standard 0!. The angle or inclination at which this standard remains is determined and varied, as desired, by means of the curved arm 6, fixed to the post 0, and provided with the slot 0, through which the screw 0 passes into the standard (I. By loosening this screw the standard (1 may be moved as far as the slot 0 will allow.

f is an arm sliding upon the standard I], and held at any height thereupon by means of the set-screw f. Through the outer end of this arm f passes a short rod, 9, with an enlarged lower end, g. This rod supports a pad, h, having some soft substance or fabric upon its surface, so as not to scratch or mar the china cup or other article which it is intended to assist in supporting. A spiral spring, g, lies between the pad h and the arm f.

k is an arm similar to the arm f, secured adjustably to the standard by the set-screw 7c, and, by means of the set-screw k, holding the adjustable rod 1, having at its lower end a pad, Z, similar to the pad h. In decorating a cup the pad his placed beneath and the pad 1 upon the bottom of the cup, the spring 9 preventing the pressure from being too arbitrary.

To remove the cup g, loosen the set-screw 7c and lift the rod 1, or loosen the set-screw k and swing the rod Z to the side, drawing down the rod g, supporting the pad h, at the same time.

By means of the set-screws is It" f and screw 6 any desired height or angle may be obtained.

m is a rest for the hand or wrist while at work, removablysecured to the base a'by means of the hinge m. This rest is rendered adjustable as to height by the swinging leg n, which catches into the notches 0 in the base.

In Fig. 2 the rod l is lemoved in order that a plate may be decorated. A clamp, consisting of acentral portion, p, of the proper shape to drop into the hole in the outer end of the arm (into which the rod 1 is passed) and two arms, p p, of the shape shown and terminating in notched enlarged ends 19" is secured by the set-screw 70 to the arm 7c; the plate .9 is then held in the notched ends p, and supported by the pad h, which is usually pro-- vided with a slot, h, for the edge of the plate to rest in, ns shown in Fig. 2.

By unscrewing the post 0, loosening the various set-screws, and removing the hinge m,

the device may be taken apart and packed in a small space.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hereinbefore-described improved easel for decorating pottery, the same consisting of the base a, jointed standard 0 o d, provided with the adjusting device 6 e 0, adjustable arms f k, pad it, supported by the rod g, and

support m n, the arm 70 being adapted to support the rod and pad I l or the clamp p p p, as described, all combined and arranged substantially as and for the purpose specified.

OHESTINA A. PALMER.

Witnesses: HENRY W. WILLIAMS,

GEORGE V. MALLON. 

